ADHD and Marriage
by Melissa Orlov & Dr. Ned Hallowell
Learning to thrive in your relationship
Welcome to "ADHD and Marriage"
Helping adults thrive in relationships impacted by ADHD
Melissa Orlov blogs about marriage when one or both spouses has ADHD. What is it like? What are common themes in marriages with ADHD? What strategies can be used to improve these relationships? How can struggling couples get their marriages back on track so both partners can thrive?
Melissa Orlov blogs about marriage when one or both spouses has ADHD. What is it like? What are common themes in marriages with ADHD? What strategies can be used to improve these relationships? How can struggling couples get their marriages back on track so both partners can thrive?
Life-changing Classes
ADHD Effect Couples' Seminar
Recovering Intimacy Couples' Seminar
Award-winning Books
The ADHD Effect on Marriage
Couples Guide to Thriving w/ ADHD
Blog
Popular Blog Posts
- 9 Reasons Porn Hurts
- Dating a Person with ADHD - Do I Continue?
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- How Do We Tell 'Normal' Anger from 'ADHD Anger'?
- Six Signs that ADHD May Be Part of Your Marriage
- Donald Trump is a Narcissist. Your Partner with ADHD Probably is Not
- ADHD, Lying, and All That Stuff
- The Side Effects of Not Taking Medication
- 9 Reasons Porn Hurts
- Dating a Person with ADHD - Do I Continue?
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- How Do We Tell 'Normal' Anger from 'ADHD Anger'?
- Six Signs that ADHD May Be Part of Your Marriage
- Donald Trump is a Narcissist. Your Partner with ADHD Probably is Not
- The Side Effects of Not Taking Medication
- 27 Signs Your Partner Might Be Having an Affair...and 7 Smoking Guns
- 9 Reasons Porn Hurts
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- Dating a Person with ADHD - Do I Continue?
- How Do We Tell 'Normal' Anger from 'ADHD Anger'?
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- Six Signs that ADHD May Be Part of Your Marriage
- 27 Signs Your Partner Might Be Having an Affair...and 7 Smoking Guns
- The Side Effects of Not Taking Medication
- 8 Interactions That Trigger Shame in ADHD Partners
- 9 Reasons Porn Hurts
- Feeling Ignored - The Non-ADHD Spouse Dilemna
- 9 Tips for When Non-ADHD Spouses Just Can’t Cope Anymore
- Six Signs that ADHD May Be Part of Your Marriage
- Dating a Person with ADHD - Do I Continue?
- For Men with ADHD Who Aren't Convinced it Matters
- Undiagnosed ADHD Can Make You Angry!
- If You Are Engaged to Someone with ADHD
- ADHD and Marriage: If You're So Unhappy, Why Stay?
- How Do We Tell 'Normal' Anger from 'ADHD Anger'?
Blog Categories
- Start here (11)
- Melissa's Favorite Posts (35)
- Anger, Frustration & ADHD (39)
- Communication Tips with ADHD (58)
- Conflicts Around Household Tasks (11)
- Diagnosis and Treatment of ADHD (49)
- Joy in Marriages with ADHD (42)
- Negotiation and Setting Boundaries (18)
- Organization (8)
- Resources (64)
- Women with ADHD (4)
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News
The next ADHD Effect In-Depth live course begins in October, 2016! If you would like to be notified closer to the date, please let Melissa know at this contact form. A self-study version is available for those who can't wait that long.
We will be offering support groups for non-ADHD partners and, separately, for ADHD partners starting in the Fall. If you wish to be notified of the details, please contact Melissa.
Melissa will be presenting at the CHADD International Conference in November in Costa Mesa, CA.
Recovering Intimacy in Your Relationship is now available as a self study course. If you have questions about the course, contact Melissa.
Information about events is at the events page.
Register for free marriage tips here!
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Melissa offers advise on how to manage ADHD, describing treatment as having three legs, like a stool. You need strength in all three legs in order to function well. (You can imagine that two-legged stool, right?!) Read her article in Psychology Today.
Community
Popular forum topics in the last ...
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- His perception is inaccurate and he accuses me of feeling ways I don't
- My wife hates me. I feel hopeless and depressed. I don't know what to do...
- Feel like my husband is financially ruining me.
- How to rebuild TRUST when he won't stop LYING?
- Detatching - success tips?
- What is it with leaving drawers and cabinets open??!!!
- Intelligence, forgiveness
- Newly Married and Trying To Understand
- Letter to my husband: I have reached the end.
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- His perception is inaccurate and he accuses me of feeling ways I don't
- My wife hates me. I feel hopeless and depressed. I don't know what to do...
- How to rebuild TRUST when he won't stop LYING?
- Feel like my husband is financially ruining me.
- Thinking of separating from my husband....I'm done
- Why is my ADHD husband so short tempered and angry?
- Letter to my husband: I have reached the end.
- What is it with leaving drawers and cabinets open??!!!
- Just can't stand him sometimes
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- His perception is inaccurate and he accuses me of feeling ways I don't
- My wife hates me. I feel hopeless and depressed. I don't know what to do...
- How to rebuild TRUST when he won't stop LYING?
- Feel like my husband is financially ruining me.
- Thinking of separating from my husband....I'm done
- Why is my ADHD husband so short tempered and angry?
- What is it with leaving drawers and cabinets open??!!!
- Letter to my husband: I have reached the end.
- Just can't stand him sometimes
- What do you do when you can't rely on your spouse?
- How to rebuild TRUST when he won't stop LYING?
- My wife hates me. I feel hopeless and depressed. I don't know what to do...
- New - unfinished post
- Thinking of separating from my husband....I'm done
- Sex and ADD
- His perception is inaccurate and he accuses me of feeling ways I don't
- Why is my ADHD husband so short tempered and angry?
- Is he doing things Purposely to piss me off ,,,or hurt me,,, or does he know he is?
- Does the anger ever really go away?
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Melissa in "Psychology Today"